The praying mantids (Order Mantodea, Class Insecta) are a group of over 2500 carnivorous polyneopteran insects distributed in tropics and subtropics of the world, from the rainforest to the desert ground. The order Mantodea comprises over 20 families, out of which the global distribution of six families: Chaeteessidae, Mantoididae, Metallyticidae, Acanthopidae, Amorphoscelididae and Sibyllidae were provided in this compilation. Chaeteessidae includes just one extant genus with 6 species and Mantoididae comprises two genera with 12 species and both are distributed in Neotrpical South America. Metallyticidae includes just one genus containing 5 species inhabiting in Southeast Asia. Acanthopidae, commonly known as dead-leaf mantids or boxer mantids, consists of 14 genera and 96 species and are exclusively distributed in Neotropics of South America. It includes 3 subfamilies, Acanthopinae (8 genera, 53 species), Acontistinae (5 genera, 40 speies), and Stenophyllinae (1 genus, 3 species). Amorphoscelidae, commonly known as bark mantids, are includes three subfamilies, Amorphoscelinae (5 genera, 62 species), Paraoxypilinae (8 genera, 30 species), and Perlamantinae (2 genera, 3 species) with 15 genera and 95 species/subspecies distributed in the Tropical and Southern regions of Africa over to the Middle East and the Oriental region, including New Guinea. Sibyllidae is exclusively African family including only three genera and 17 species.